NICREW HyperReef Light Controller

[Tyreefer]

I have a 37 gallon tank that measures 30” Long and 23” High. My Nicrew aquarium LED reef light 150 Watts is sitting 9” above the top of my tank. The coral I have in this tank are in the photos below. I couldn’t name cause I’m still not familiar on some coral names *attached photos of coral below*

My question is what % should I keep my blue light on, and what % should I keep my white light on.

For others that have this controller, I have mine on specific settings throughout the day with the blue and white %. Why is it showing me different %’s I didn’t select or adjust it to on the main display screen? Anyone else having this problem? *attached a photo below*

 

[Zach B]

@mdb_talon might be able to help Best of luck

 

[mdb_talon]

The reason it is different percentages than you set is because it is ramping up/down between time sets. So for example with some made up numbers an example schedule below.

8am 0% and 0%
10am 25% and 65%
6pm 25% and 65%
8pm 0% and 0%

If I used that schedule then at 8:01am the lights actually come on dimly and will gradually ramp to the 25/60 by 10am. They would stay that way until 6pm and gradually ramp down to 0/0 at 8pm. Hopefully that makes sense, but with the ramping it is important to have the 0/0 at the end and start of the day

 

[mdb_talon]

As for the coral that looks mostly LPS and softies and the only thing that really needs some brighter lighting that I can see is the bubbletips which can move where they want. I can check some par numbers tomorrow on my setting to give u an idea, but I would initially start pretty low and at max have whites at maybe 30% and blueswybe 75% at max? Again this is just a guess and that's probably going to be quite a bit more par than you need I would probably at least start with both lower.

 

[Tyreefer]

@mdb_talon might be able to help Best of luck

Thanks so much!

 

[Tyreefer]

As for the coral that looks mostly LPS and softies and the only thing that really needs some brighter lighting that I can see is the bubbletips which can move where they want. I can check some par numbers tomorrow on my setting to give u an idea, but I would initially start pretty low and at max have whites at maybe 30% and blueswybe 75% at max? Again this is just a guess and that's probably going to be quite a bit more par than you need I would probably at least start with both lower.

Thanks so much!